The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession by Burr, Chandler

The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375759819)

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The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession by Burr, Chandler

The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession

$21.00
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession by Burr, Chandler

The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession

$21.00
Format: Paperback
Description
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The Emperor of Scent tells of the scientific maverick Luca Turin, a connoisseur and something of an aesthete who wrote a bestselling perfume guide and bandied about an outrageous new theory on the human sense of smell. Drawing on cutting-edge work in biology, chemistry, and physics, Turin used his obsession with perfume and his eerie gift for smell to turn the cloistered worlds of the smell business and science upside down, leading to a solution to the last great mystery of the senses: how the nose works.

Author: Chandler Burr
ISBN-10: 0375759816
ISBN-13: 9780375759819
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2004
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.20w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.3
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 69203 / Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses

Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
By Chandler Burr
By Chandler Burr
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Chandler Burr is the author of A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation. He has contributed to The Atlantic and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

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